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Belarus

'Catastrophic' human rights situation in Belarus - UN report

Children are reportedly threatened for expressing their own opinions, it found.

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Watch: Thousands in Uruguay take to streets for 'March of Silence'

Thousands of people took to the streets in Uruguay in memory of people who have been missing for decades.

Italy

Italy maps out 1,400 monuments honouring fascist regime

It is the first time the country has attempted to document symbols of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship.

Culture news

Why are these Lithuanians raving for democracy?

The Vilnius-based music collective fighting back against the creeping forces of totalitarianism.

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Spain

Spain approves law banning praise of former dictator Francisco Franco

It is part of legislation aimed at bringing "justice, reparation and dignity" to victims of Spain's civil war and the subsequent dictatorship.

Culture news

Ghetto President: singer Bobi Wine fights Uganda's political elite

A new documentary premiering at the Venice Film Festival, titled ‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’, follows the life of Ugandan reggae star Bobi Wine and his attempt to oust Uganda’s authoritarian president, Yoweri Museveni.

Spain

Spain's parliament backs law to entrench memory of Franco's victims

The new bill will make it a "state responsibility" to identify the thousands of missing victims of Spain's Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.

South Korea

Chun Doo-hwan: South Korea’s former military dictator dies aged 90

Chun Doo-hwan took power in a 1979 coup and repressed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office.

My Europe Series

Meet one of the last independent journalists forced out of Belarus

One journalist who recently left Belarus told Euronews that the situation for reporters is so dangerous in the country that very few remain.

Spain

Spain mulls ban on expressions of support for dictator Franco

The draft bill is another milestone in the government's aim to heal divisions over Franco's place in Spanish history but is likely to re-ignite the debate over freedom of expression.

Europe News

Argentine campaign to reunite families begins overseas search

The movement was started by the Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo, whose pregnant daughters went missing or were killed by the dictatorship.

Romania

Romania ex-dictator's plane sold for 120,000 euros

With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane belonging to Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet sold in an auction on Thursday.

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Chileans celebrate on streets after voting for new constitution

Chileans celebrate on the streets after they voted overwhelmingly in a landmark referendum on Sunday to replace their dictator-era constitution, long seen as underpinning the nation's glaring economic and social inequalities.

USA

Euroviews. Trump claims that impeachment is a 'coup.' And he's (almost) right ǀ View

We either have three co-equal branches of government or we have something that looks more like a dictatorship and less like a democracy.

Germany

Euroviews. The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Democracy seemed to have won out, but we were wrong ǀ View

Why the tide of freedom and democracy has started to ebb, and what can be done about it.

Greece

Greece's student heroes remembered

The 1973 student uprising in Athens that was crushed with tanks and heavy loss of life was not the end of Greece's military dictatorship, but it marked the beginning of the end.

Italy

Mussolini’s granddaughter threatens to report people offending leader

Alessandra Mussolini, the granddaughter of the former dictator, has threatened to report people who offend the fascist leader's memory.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Machiavellians put Brexit plans before human rights | View

In order for Europe to be a champion of human rights globally, we have to get our own house in order first.

World News

Europe's 20th-century tyrants: where are they buried?

With Franco's remains controversy, Euronews takes a look at the final resting places of these notorious and ruthless ex-leaders.

Portugal

Portugal's Carnation Revolution through the eyes of a coup leader

It was one of the most important days in Portugal's recent history, when four decades of authoritarian rule would abruptly end.